Thursday May 7, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of May 7, 1970:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Chicago          791   90   221   29    2   14    80   11    8   83   145  .279
California       864  115   237   35   10   13   110   14    8   64   122  .274
Boston           791  102   215   41    5   26    97   14    8   85   102  .272
Minnesota        808  120   219   33    8   26   108   12    6   64   141  .271
Baltimore        851  138   230   43    5   34   131   15    5  107   143  .270
Detroit          824  117   219   37    8   19   105    9    4  124   146  .266
Washington       877  114   215   25    7   27   106   12    3  124   176  .245
Kansas City      873   99   214   27    8   23    89   19   12   89   170  .245
Oakland          890  109   218   45    6   30    97   23    6   91   156  .245
New York         958  130   234   36    8   16   121   18   13  138   150  .244
Milwaukee        898  108   212   34    1   17    96   23    9  102   172  .236
Cleveland        752   69   163   37    3   14    62    8    7   79   149  .217

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Frank Robinson (BAL)     22   81   18   30   7   1   5   13   0   0   11   15  .370
Davey Johnson (BAL)      25   86   14   31   8   0   4   15   2   0   15   10  .361
Tony Oliva (MIN)         24   99   21   35   4   3   5   23   1   0    4    7  .354
Lou Piniella (KC)        23   95   11   33   6   0   5   21   0   2    7    6  .347
Roy White (NY)           27   98   21   34   9   0   3   22   5   1   22    9  .347
Alex Johnson (CAL)       25  101   17   35   3   1   2   17   4   1    1   11  .347
Luis Aparicio (CHI)      22   78   14   27   4   0   1    8   1   2   11    8  .346
Reggie Smith (BOS)       24   90   20   31   4   2   4   12   4   1    9    9  .344
Harmon Killebrew (MIN)   24   83   17   28   3   0   8   21   0   0   16   15  .337
Vada Pinson (CLE)        22   83    7   28   5   1   2    8   1   3    5   12  .337

 Baltimore            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Chico Salmon           2    5    2    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    0  .600
Frank Robinson        22   81   18   30   7   1   5   13   0   0   11   15  .370
Davey Johnson         25   86   14   31   8   0   4   15   2   0   15   10  .361
Merv Rettenmund       13   22    8    7   1   0   1    2   1   0    3    2  .318
Brooks Robinson       25   98   14   31   8   1   3   17   1   0    5    5  .316
Dave May               8   10    1    3   0   1   0    3   0   0    1    0  .300
Boog Powell           25   89   14   23   3   0   8   22   0   0   15   16  .258
Paul Blair            25   94   20   24   5   0   4   15   8   4   13   19  .255
Clay Dalrymple         2    4    2    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .250
Ellie Hendricks       16   49    5   12   3   0   2    5   0   0    4    7  .245
Terry Crowley         13   21    6    5   1   0   1    4   0   0    3    3  .238
Don Buford            23   84   14   19   2   1   3   12   0   1   15   11  .226
Andy Etchebarren      12   32    3    7   1   0   1    3   1   0    4    3  .219
Mark Belanger         24   98    9   21   2   1   0    8   2   0    9   19  .214
Curt Motton            4    4    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .000

 Boston               G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Billy Conigliaro       4   12    2    5   0   0   2    4   0   1    0    3  .417
Reggie Smith          24   90   20   31   4   2   4   12   4   1    9    9  .344
Dick Schofield        10   12    2    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .333
Jerry Moses           21   76    4   24   5   0   2    9   0   1    4    7  .316
Carl Yastrzemski      24   82   15   25   3   0   4   15  10   3   23    9  .305
George Scott          24   91    9   26   5   3   4   12   0   0    7   14  .286
Luis Alvarado         24   86    9   24   8   0   0    6   0   1    3    9  .279
Tony Conigliaro       22   77    6   21   1   0   2    9   0   0   13    5  .273
Rico Petrocelli       24   85   14   23   9   0   4   21   0   0    8   16  .271
Mike Derrick           8    8    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    2  .250
Mike Andrews          24   94   15   20   3   0   3    6   0   0   12    9  .213
Tom Satriano           2    6    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .167
Don Pavletich          2    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Tom Matchick           4    4    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000

 California           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jim Spencer           21   60    8   22   3   2   0   12   0   0    5    6  .367
Alex Johnson          25  101   17   35   3   1   2   17   4   1    1   11  .347
Jarvis Tatum           5   15    5    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .333
Jim Fregosi           25  102   19   33   9   0   2   14   0   0    8   13  .324
Roger Repoz           23   75   12   24   5   1   4   13   0   1   10   12  .320
Billy Cowan            8    7    0    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    1  .286
Bill Voss             22   71    9   20   2   2   1   15   1   1   12    5  .282
Aurelio Rodriguez     17   63    6   17   2   2   0    7   0   1    3    6  .270
Ken McMullen           8   26    5    7   1   1   1    6   0   0    6    3  .269
Joe Azcue             21   69    5   18   3   1   1    6   0   0    2    5  .261
Sandy Alomar          25  108   14   28   2   0   0    3   9   4    6   13  .259
Jay Johnstone         21   59    6   15   3   0   2   11   0   0    2    9  .254
Jim Hicks              4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .250
Tom Egan               8   21    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .191
Rick Reichardt         9    6    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .167
Chico Ruiz             6    6    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .167
Tom Silverio           4    4    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ray Oyler              1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rich Morales           7    8    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .375
Tommy McCraw          16   38    1   14   0   0   0    4   3   0    4    3  .368
Gail Hopkins          19   53    7   19   2   0   0    2   0   0    7    6  .359
Luis Aparicio         22   78   14   27   4   0   1    8   1   2   11    8  .346
Bill Melton           23   83    9   27   4   0   3   15   0   1    8   15  .325
Duane Josephson       18   59    7   18   3   0   1   11   0   1    7    6  .305
Carlos May            24   86   15   26   5   2   3   14   3   1   10   20  .302
Ken Berry             18   61    8   17   3   0   0    5   1   0    6    9  .279
Walt Williams         16   54    7   15   3   0   0    1   2   1    8    3  .278
Syd O'Brien           12   33    3    9   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    5  .273
Ed Herrmann           11   26    1    7   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    6  .269
Buddy Bradford        17   50    5   12   2   0   2    5   0   2    7   16  .240
Bobby Knoop           20   61    7   13   1   0   3    8   0   0    8   12  .213
John Matias           15   40    2    6   0   0   1    2   1   0    0    9  .150
Bob Christian          7    7    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .143

 Cleveland            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Larry Brown            5   14    4    6   2   1   0    1   0   0    1    0  .429
Vada Pinson           22   83    7   28   5   1   2    8   1   3    5   12  .337
Ray Fosse             17   55    6   16   3   0   1    2   0   1    9    7  .291
Chuck Hinton          11   11    1    3   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    2  .273
Vern Fuller            4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Tony Horton           19   69    6   17   6   0   2   11   0   1    9   11  .246
Ted Uhlaender         21   84    9   19   5   1   1    5   2   1    9   13  .226
Roy Foster            21   76    7   17   4   0   1    6   1   1    6   16  .224
Eddie Leon            23   79    5   15   4   0   1    8   0   0    5   12  .190
Jack Heidemann        23   75    1   14   3   0   0    5   1   0    2   20  .187
Ted Ford               9   19    3    3   1   0   1    1   0   0    2    7  .158
Russ Nagelson         11   19    3    3   1   0   1    2   0   0    2    6  .158
Graig Nettles         21   68   10   10   0   0   3    7   3   0   18   10  .147
Lou Klimchock          8   17    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    2  .118
Duke Sims              9   24    3    2   2   0   0    1   0   0    6    9  .083

 Detroit              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ike Brown              5    5    3    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .400
Al Kaline             24   94   15   31   6   2   4   20   1   0   15   11  .330
Jim Northrup          18   70    7   21   4   1   1   10   0   0    6   13  .300
Mickey Stanley        15   60   13   18   3   0   1    6   3   0    5    4  .300
Cesar Gutierrez       21   77   12   23   2   2   0    8   1   0    4    7  .299
Willie Horton         24   91   15   27   5   2   2   16   0   0   14   14  .297
Dick McAuliffe        24   90   14   26   4   0   4   10   2   2   24   19  .289
Bill Freehan          22   79    7   22   3   0   3   14   0   1   15   13  .279
Ken Szotkiewicz        9   17    3    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    5    7  .235
Norm Cash             19   62   10   14   3   0   2    8   0   1   11   10  .226
Elliott Maddox        14   32    6    7   1   0   1    3   0   0    3    6  .219
Don Wert              18   39    5    8   2   0   0    2   1   0    8    8  .205
Dalton Jones          11   25    3    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    5    2  .160
Jim Price              5   10    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    5  .100
Gates Brown            7    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000

 Kansas City          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Paul Schaal           15   37    5   14   1   0   1    4   1   0    3    3  .378
Lou Piniella          23   95   11   33   6   0   5   21   0   2    7    6  .347
Bob Oliver            24   89   13   29   6   2   6   20   0   0    4   16  .326
Amos Otis             25   99   16   29   4   3   2   11   6   0   12   10  .293
Pat Kelly             22   82   15   24   2   0   1    3  10   6   14   25  .293
George Spriggs        13   23    4    6   0   0   0    0   1   1    4    9  .261
Joe Keough            13   20    2    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    3    4  .250
Rich Severson          9   21    0    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .238
Jackie Hernandez      22   64    3   14   2   1   1    3   0   1    8   19  .219
Jim Campanis          10   28    4    6   0   0   2    2   0   0    2    5  .214
Ed Kirkpatrick        21   75   12   16   2   1   3    8   1   1    6   12  .213
Ellie Rodriguez       21   53    4   10   1   0   0    2   0   0    7    8  .189
Mike Fiore            12   23    0    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    5   10  .174
Jerry Adair            7   27    0    4   0   0   0    1   0   1    5    3  .148
Luis Alcaraz          21   75    3    9   2   1   1    9   0   0    1    7  .120
Hawk Taylor            7    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .000

 Milwaukee            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Steve Hovley          24   87   10   27   6   0   0   11   3   0   10    8  .310
Danny Walton          27  101   12   31   3   0   9   25   1   0   13   33  .307
Ted Savage            15   36    3   11   2   0   1    3   1   0    1    5  .306
John Kennedy          17   30    6    9   2   0   1    4   0   0    3    6  .300
Russ Snyder           23   70   12   19   2   0   0    7   0   1    8   11  .271
Greg Goossen          18   43    3   11   3   0   1    3   0   0    9   11  .256
Tommy Harper          27  107   13   27   6   0   1    9  14   4   11   20  .252
Ted Kubiak            27   93   16   22   0   1   1    6   1   1   15    7  .237
Jerry McNertney       23   75    9   17   3   0   2    7   0   1    7   10  .227
Mike Hershberger      10   27    2    6   2   0   0    2   1   0    2    2  .222
Rich Rollins          14   25    3    5   1   0   0    5   0   0    3    4  .200
Mike Hegan            20   51    5    9   1   0   0    5   1   1    9   17  .177
Max Alvis             18   58    4    8   1   0   0    4   1   0    4    6  .138
Phil Roof              8   22    4    2   1   0   0    0   0   1    4    4  .091
Wayne Comer           10   14    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000
Sandy Valdespino       8    9    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .000

 Minnesota            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rod Carew             13   47    9   17   6   0   0    4   2   2    1    5  .362
Tony Oliva            24   99   21   35   4   3   5   23   1   0    4    7  .354
Harmon Killebrew      24   83   17   28   3   0   8   21   0   0   16   15  .337
Brant Alyea           22   70    7   23   4   0   5   24   1   1    9   10  .329
Cesar Tovar           24   99   23   30   6   4   3    8   7   1    8   13  .303
Paul Ratliff          10   21    3    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    9  .286
Leo Cardenas          24   91   12   23   5   1   2    9   0   0    5   15  .253
Rick Renick            6   12    1    3   1   0   1    4   0   0    0    3  .250
Rich Reese            23   72    7   15   1   0   1    3   0   0    5    9  .208
Chuck Manuel           6    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .200
George Mitterwald     20   62    4   12   1   0   1    3   0   1    6   23  .194
Jim Holt              20   21    3    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .191
Frank Quilici         19   39    3    7   0   0   0    2   0   1    4    4  .180
Bob Allison            7   10    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .100
Minnie Mendoza        11   11    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .091
Tom Tischinski         1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Roy White             27   98   21   34   9   0   3   22   5   1   22    9  .347
Ron Woods             15   36    6   11   1   0   3    9   0   0    2    8  .306
Danny Cater           28  112   17   32   6   3   2   19   3   0    6   14  .286
Horace Clarke         28  123   19   35   3   0   1    5   2   3   12    4  .285
Gene Michael          26   98   10   26   5   0   0    6   1   0   10   22  .265
Bobby Murcer          28   99   19   26   3   0   5   17   2   2   24   17  .263
Thurman Munson        23   70   11   16   2   2   0    7   3   1   22   12  .229
Pete Ward             15   14    1    3   1   1   0    4   0   0    2    4  .214
Jake Gibbs             7   19    3    4   2   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .211
Frank Tepedino         8   10    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Curt Blefary          22   79    6   15   2   0   0   10   0   3   11   10  .190
Jerry Kenney          23   83    9   15   0   1   1   10   2   2   11   11  .181
John Ellis            12   28    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    5  .107
Ron Hansen            12   11    0    1   0   0   0    3   0   0    9    1  .091
Jim Lyttle            11    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    0  .000

 Oakland              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jose Tartabull         8    7    3    3   2   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .429
Joe Rudi               9   24    3    9   2   0   1    2   0   0    2    2  .375
Tito Francona         16   15    2    5   0   0   1    3   0   0    3    2  .333
Rick Monday           24   90   13   29   5   2   3    9   3   1   12   23  .322
Felipe Alou           27  113   12   35   9   1   1   13   1   0    4    8  .310
Dave Duncan           21   61    7   17   5   0   2    7   0   0    3    7  .279
Roberto Pena          18   58    4   15   1   0   0    3   1   1    2    4  .259
Sal Bando             21   60   13   14   2   0   4    9   2   1   12   11  .233
Bert Campaneris       18   70    9   16   3   1   1    5   4   0    4    8  .229
Don Mincher           25   79   13   18   6   0   7   15   0   0    9   15  .228
Bob Johnson           16   34    5    7   1   0   1    1   2   1    2    1  .206
Dick Green            27   98   11   20   2   0   2    7   3   0    9   16  .204
Reggie Jackson        27   89    9   16   6   1   5   12   7   2   15   31  .180
Frank Fernandez       17   29    2    5   0   0   2    2   0   0   10    8  .172
Larry Haney            1    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000

 Washington           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Lee Maye              19   61   11   21   3   1   3   13   0   1    5    9  .344
Ed Stroud             25   69   15   23   0   1   2    6   9   0    8   15  .333
Frank Howard          26   88   21   28   4   0  10   24   0   0   25   21  .318
Bernie Allen          23   53    8   16   2   0   3    9   0   0    8    6  .302
Aurelio Rodriguez     11   39    5   11   1   0   3    8   0   0    6    2  .282
Mike Epstein          25   93   14   24   4   0   5   12   0   1   13   34  .258
Ed Brinkman           26  104   15   25   3   2   0    7   1   0   14    8  .240
Rick Reichardt         9   22    3    5   0   1   1    2   0   1    4    5  .227
Hank Allen            19   33    3    7   2   0   0    4   0   0    5    8  .212
Del Unser             17   49    2   10   0   1   0    4   0   0    6    8  .204
Ken McMullen          15   59    5   12   2   0   0    3   0   0    5   10  .203
Johnny Roseboro       16   42    4    8   2   0   0    5   1   0   12    5  .191
Jim French            12   21    4    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    2  .191
Paul Casanova         10   26    1    4   0   1   0    0   0   0    1    3  .154
Tim Cullen            15   14    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .143
Dave Nelson           15   31    2    4   0   0   0    2   1   0    4    7  .129

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  H. Clarke (NY)          123
  F. Alou (OAK)           113
  D. Cater (NY)           112
  S. Alomar (CAL)         108
  T. Harper (MIL)         107
  E. Brinkman (WAS)       104
  J. Fregosi (CAL)        102
  A. Rodriguez (WAS)      102
  A. Johnson (CAL)        101
  D. Walton (MIL)         101

Runs Scored:

  C. Tovar (MIN)           23
  F. Howard (WAS)          21
  T. Oliva (MIN)           21
  R. White (NY)            21
  P. Blair (BAL)           20
  R. Smith (BOS)           20
  H. Clarke (NY)           19
  J. Fregosi (CAL)         19
  B. Murcer (NY)           19
  F. Robinson (BAL)        18

Hits:

  F. Alou (OAK)            35
  H. Clarke (NY)           35
  A. Johnson (CAL)         35
  T. Oliva (MIN)           35
  R. White (NY)            34
  J. Fregosi (CAL)         33
  L. Piniella (KC)         33
  D. Cater (NY)            32
  D. Johnson (BAL)         31
  A. Kaline (DET)          31

Doubles:

  F. Alou (OAK)             9
  J. Fregosi (CAL)          9
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)       9
  R. White (NY)             9
  L. Alvarado (BOS)         8
  D. Johnson (BAL)          8
  B. Robinson (BAL)         8
  F. Robinson (BAL)         7
  R. Carew (MIN)            6
  D. Cater (NY)             6

Triples:

  C. Tovar (MIN)            4
  D. Cater (NY)             3
  T. Oliva (MIN)            3
  A. Otis (KC)              3
  G. Scott (BOS)            3
  E. Brinkman (WAS)         2
  C. Gutierrez (DET)        2
  W. Horton (DET)           2
  A. Kaline (DET)           2
  C. May (CHI)              2

Home Runs:

  F. Howard (WAS)          10
  D. Walton (MIL)           9
  H. Killebrew (MIN)        8
  B. Powell (BAL)           8
  D. Mincher (OAK)          7
  B. Oliver (KC)            6
  B. Alyea (MIN)            5
  M. Epstein (WAS)          5
  R. Jackson (OAK)          5
  B. Murcer (NY)            5

RBI:

  D. Walton (MIL)          25
  B. Alyea (MIN)           24
  F. Howard (WAS)          24
  T. Oliva (MIN)           23
  B. Powell (BAL)          22
  R. White (NY)            22
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       21
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)      21
  L. Piniella (KC)         21
  A. Kaline (DET)          20

Stolen Bases:

  T. Harper (MIL)          14
  P. Kelly (KC)            10
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     10
  S. Alomar (CAL)           9
  E. Stroud (WAS)           9
  P. Blair (BAL)            8
  R. Jackson (OAK)          7
  C. Tovar (MIN)            7
  A. Otis (KC)              6
  R. White (NY)             5

Caught Stealing:

  P. Kelly (KC)             6
  S. Alomar (CAL)           4
  P. Blair (BAL)            4
  T. Harper (MIL)           4
  C. Blefary (NY)           3
  H. Clarke (NY)            3
  V. Pinson (CLE)           3
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      3
  L. Aparicio (CHI)         2
  B. Bradford (CHI)         2

Walks:

  F. Howard (WAS)          25
  D. McAuliffe (DET)       24
  B. Murcer (NY)           24
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     23
  T. Munson (NY)           22
  R. White (NY)            22
  G. Nettles (CLE)         18
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       16
  D. Buford (BAL)          15
  B. Freehan (DET)         15

Strikeouts:

  M. Epstein (WAS)         34
  D. Walton (MIL)          33
  R. Jackson (OAK)         31
  P. Kelly (KC)            25
  G. Mitterwald (MIN)      23
  R. Monday (OAK)          23
  G. Michael (NY)          22
  F. Howard (WAS)          21
  T. Harper (MIL)          20
  J. Heidemann (CLE)       20

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